Bread Pudding

1 quart milk

4 eggs, beaten (save whites)

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1-1/2 loaves stale bread

2 tablespoons margarine

1 cup sugar

Meringue:

4 eggs

1/3 cup sugar

In a bowl put bread and milk to soak for about 10 minutes. Mix eggs, margarine, vanilla, sugar and cinnamon together. Add this to milk and bread mixture. Mix well. Pour all of this into a 9 x l3 inch sprayed glass pan. Place in a 300 degree F oven and bake for 50 minutes or until pudding firms up. Then top with meringue. Remove pudding from oven. Beat egg whites and sugar until meringue is thin and form peaks. Spread over baked Pudding and return to oven. Increase oven temperature to 400F for about 5 minutes.

Serves 12.